A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Arkansas may block Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid reimbursement funding in response to the release of videos by undercover journalists that exposed the abortion chain’s alleged profiteering from the sales of aborted baby parts.

Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Pete Olson are leading an amicus brief of 42 members of Congress that defends the decision of the state of Texas to defund Planned Parenthood by eliminating its eligibility for Medicaid reimbursement.

Family Research Council (FRC) and other pro-life groups say they are supporting the Senate GOP’s latest draft of a healthcare measure that would eliminate over 86 percent of Planned Parenthood’s federal funding for one year.

Texas is looking to the Trump Administration to approve a request that the state be permitted to exclude abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood from receiving a portion of federal Medicaid funding.

Immediately after the cancellation of the House vote on the American Health Care Act (AHCA), Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards sent out a fundraising email to her supporters, crediting them with stopping the vote on the bill.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe says a bill that would have prohibited his state from entering into contracts with Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers “would harm tens of thousands of Virginians,” reports ABC7.

President Barack Obama’s deputies in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are releasing a final rule that favors abortion business Planned Parenthood by preventing states from eliminating its Medicaid taxpayer funding.